Traffic Data - Acronyms and Definitions
Acronym |
Definition |
AADT |
Annual Average Daily Traffic |
AADTT |
Annual Average Daily Truck Traffic |
ADT |
Average Daily Traffic |
ATR |
Automatic Traffic Recorder |
AVMT |
Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled (of Traffic) |
CCS |
Continuous Count Station |
Corridor Route |
MDT route naming convention (ex: C000005) |
Count Site ID |
County, Mapsheet, Station ID (ex: 25-7B-20) |
Departmental Route |
MDT route naming convention (ex: N-5) |
DHV |
Design Hour Volume = K * ADT (usually 30th highest hour) |
DVMT |
Daily Vehicle Miles Traveled (of Traffic) |
ESAL |
Equivalent Single-Axle Load |
MADT |
Monthly Average Daily Travel |
MPO |
Metropolitan Planning Organization |
NHS |
National Highway System |
NI-NHS |
Non-Interstate National Highway System |
Off System routes |
All routes that are not on system. This includes State Highway (X-routes) and Locals (L-routes) |
On System routes |
Route categories that are classified as On System (Interstate, Non-interstate NHS, Primary, Secondary, Urban) |
PWIM |
Portable Weigh In Motion |
RP |
Reference Post (Mile Post) |
TBS |
Traffic By Sections |
TDC |
Traffic Data Collection |
TDCA |
Traffic Data Collection and Analysis Section |
TMG |
Traffic Monitoring Guide |
TYC |
Traffic Yearly Counts |
VMT |
Vehicle Miles Traveled (of Traffic) |
WIM |
Weigh In Motion (an ATR that weighs vehicles) |